AECOM Advisory - Senior Director (Local Government)

AECOM Advisory - Senior Director (Local Government) Full-time State/Province: London, City of Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Limited Business Line: Advisory Work Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: International Primary Location: UK - London - Aldgate Tower Role As a Senior Director in AECOM Advisory’s UK business, your day‑to‑day role will include driving business development, overseeing engagement delivery and leading practice development for the local government sector. This is a seller‑doer role, and these tasks will include, but not be limited to: Driving industry conversations and engaging professional networks to identify and originate business development opportunities. Leveraging industry expertise and commercial acumen to proactively target, define and shape business development campaigns. Oversee all aspects of business development, for both engagements and broader campaigns, including client outreach, proposal development, solutions architecture, commercial and pricing strategy, internal risk review, and compliance procedures. Oversee (lead, supervise, and provide quality control over) multiple parallel delivery teams, across various delivery models, tempos and engagement scopes. Provide leadership for client interactions on delivery progress and insight validation, and visibility for interactions including with C‑suite clients and senior management stakeholders. Upwardly and laterally manage the inputs from peers and technical experts to flag key delivery choices, considerations and risks as they relate to technical scope, client satisfaction and commercial constraints. Architect analytical workstreams and strategically guide engagement teams. Provide timely quality assurance and control over scope, assumptions, analyses and insights. Oversee narrative formulation and highly‑polished deliverable production to meet client expectations and firm standards. Drive practice development with conducting performance appraisals, FP&A, operational performance improvement, thought leadership and IP generation. Proactively coach and mentor staff. Qualifications Deep understanding of the local government sector and an extensive network. Track record of work winning with either local authorities or combined authorities. Exceptional interpersonal skills, client‑service mindset and ability to act as a trusted adviser to clients. Create a culture of a high‑tempo, high‑context client‑facing environment, with the ability to maintain poise, maturity and work well under pressure. Able to be self‑directed, anticipatory and a collegial team‑player who can work across a devolved‑leadership and highly‑matrixed consulting organization. Exceptional verbal communication and narrative development skills, with the ability to summarize and convey key insights to C‑suite and senior management audiences. Exceptional commercial acumen and willingness to have an informed point‑of‑view, grounded in an interest in enterprise challenges (people, process, technology) and expert understanding of client industries and their context. Domain expertise across multiple of the following areas: Corporate or enterprise strategy, market analysis and target operating model design. Organisational assessment, business transformation and performance improvement. Corporate finance, valuations, M&A, divestitures, divestments and privatisations. Capital projects advisory, including project finance and/or infrastructure investment appraisal, capital improvement planning, asset management, portfolio strategy. Economic development, industrial policy and market transformation. Proven track record in a seller‑doer role in a management consulting firm. At least 10 years of management consulting and/or related industry experience. Benefits AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Benefits include flexible working arrangements, professional growth opportunities, and access to industry‑leading technology and thinking. Equal Opportunity Employment All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using the email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. Workplace Value Workplace is safe and respectful, with a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion. You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options, whether working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site. #J-18808-Ljbffr